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Octopleura loeselioides

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Identification
Octopleura loeselioides Spruce ex Progel [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Neurotheca loeselioides (Spruce ex Progel) Baill. [family GENTIANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for NEUROTHECA loeselioides subsp. loeselioides [family GENTIANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SILESHI NEMOMISSA
Names
NEUROTHECA loeselioides subsp. loeselioides [family GENTIANACEAE]
Octopleura loeselioides Progel [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6 (1): 212, t. 58/1 (1865)
Octopleura loeselioides Oliv. var. compacta [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 29: 113, t. 78/a (1875). Type: Uganda, West Nile District, Madi, Speke & Grant s.n. (K!, holo.)
Neurotheca loeselioides [family GENTIANACEAE], [sensu Hua in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 48 (1901); Baker & N.E. Br. in F.T.A. 4 (1): 560 (1903)]
Range
DISTR. U 1, 4 also in South America
Altitude range
1000–1150 m
Distribution
UGANDA W Nile District Madi, 15 Dec. 1862, Speke & Grant s.n.!;UGANDA Masaka District Makonzi Port, 12 Aug. 1971, Katende 1289!
Distribution (external)
; Senegal
Mali
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Benin
Nigeria
Cameroon
Bioko
Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Burundi
Sudan
Angola
Madagascar
Notes
Subsp. loeselioides differs from subsp. robusta Hua by its shorter anthers (£1 mm) and included stigma.

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